!!!!!

"Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" won the 2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Short Fiction.

Having nothing coherent at this moment to say, I shall simply repeat: !!!!!

And many many thanks to matociquala, who gave my speech for me.

bookkeeping

DL(2): 273 words

Which wouldn't be worth noting except that it's the first progress I've made in DL since June 18th.

This is, of course, both good and bad. Good in that I've finally managed to ask myself the right question and get unstuck, bad in that I'm already chasing two novels, two or three short stories, and a dissertation, and all things considered, waking DL up again right now was maybe not my smartest move.

But I don't care. I'm happy anyway.

*shameless plug*

If you're interested in reading "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland," the lovely people at Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet will delightedly sell you no. 11 or any other issue of their fabulous 'zine (that hasn't already sold out). Their front page also has a list of places where it may be possible to purchase a physical copy with physical money and perhaps even begin reading before you leave the store (!).

And, to make this entry just a little less mememememe!, Theodora Goss's story "The Rapid Advance of Sorrow" (also in no. 11) is beautiful and should be read. (It's online at Fantastic Metropolis.)